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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 16-3-27 on page II-500 in "biblatex's approach to author-date references".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{231.0pt}

% Use biber program
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{tlc.bib}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
The \verb=\textcite= variants: \\[2pt]
\textcite[chap.~2]{LGC97}      \\
\textcite[see][chap.~2]{LGC97} \\
\textcite[see][]{LGC97}        \\[12pt]
Other commands:                \\[2pt]
\parencite[see][chap.~2]{LGC97}\\
\cite[see][chap.~2]{LGC97}     \\
\cite*[see][chap.~2]{LGC97}    \\
\citeauthor{LGC97}             \\
\citeauthor*{LGC97}            \\
\citeyear{LGC97}
\end{document}
